Adelardo Rodríguez

Adelardo Rodríguez is a name that makes any football-history nerd like me sit up straight. Born in Badajoz in 1939, a 171cm midfield craftsman who also dabbled in futsal, he belongs to the generation that quietly built the foundations of the modern game. What I respect in players of his era is the loyalty, the sense of being woven into a single club and city over a long career. The glamour of today's football rests on the labour of artisans like him. I find myself replaying his playing days in my imagination, a reminder that legends are written long before highlight reels existed.

Name (English)

Adelardo Rodríguez

Name (Japanese)

アデラルド・ロドリゲス

Reading

あでらるど・ろどりげす

Born

September 26, 1939 (age 86)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

Origin

Badajoz, Province of Badajoz, Spain

Height

171 cm

Occupation

association football player / futsal player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Province of Badajoz
• association football player
• futsal player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.